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there was a bigger picture and a bigger december lesson that we can draw, which is the fighting in libya that produced the attack on the american consulate is part of the very long aftermath of what we used to call the arab spring. john kerry said we shouldn't call it that. it's going to take longer than one spring. and the people who did it were not members of the old al-qaeda. they were an off-shoot. they were inspired by al-qaeda. osama isn't there anymore. and that it's -- and the old al-qaeda probably doesn't have the capability to do 9/11 anymore but the problem of extremism is still out there and we have a very long way to go. >> i was going to ask about one topic you didn't touch on -- iran. looking back on what the president has had. have you seen any change on that approach? has he gone from containment of let them have the bomb but we'll manage it to a more con frontational issue? >> we're told that, in fact, over time, the president went through a long period of laying all of the pieces on this thing and they studied and studied. there were two schools of thought. could you c
there was a bigger picture and a bigger december lesson that we can draw, which is the fighting in libya that produced the attack on the american consulate is part of the very long aftermath of what we used to call the arab spring. john kerry said we shouldn't call it that. it's going to take longer than one spring. and the people who did it were not members of the old al-qaeda. they were an off-shoot. they were inspired by al-qaeda. osama isn't there anymore. and that it's -- and the old...
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embassy in libya, it was all blamed on this movie that came out. then president obama came out and gave a very profound speech on how the east and the west have to learn to get along better. i thought it was the most profound religious speech president obama has ever given and i think a lot of it got lost in the talk about why the attack happened. >> maybe broadening out e.j.'s point a little bit. i always get frustrated in a political year because we spend so much time about politics, talking about politics and we talk about how are the faith-based groups doing and how are they interacting. and we ignore the real religious life that goes on inside congregations and houses of worship. individuals and how they relate to god directly or whatever their spiritual practice is. also how they relate in their families and communities. i think that's an issue that we get so caught up in the politics and the issues, we forget covering religion is sometimes about bigger things than just politics. >> and individuals' relationship with god. not just with politi
embassy in libya, it was all blamed on this movie that came out. then president obama came out and gave a very profound speech on how the east and the west have to learn to get along better. i thought it was the most profound religious speech president obama has ever given and i think a lot of it got lost in the talk about why the attack happened. >> maybe broadening out e.j.'s point a little bit. i always get frustrated in a political year because we spend so much time about politics,...
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systemic mistakes, not giving security that was requested, ignoring, backing of the people in benghazi, libya for extra help. and we end up with the first slain ambassador in 30 years. where does the buck stop? with three people nobody has ever heard of -- one has been named, the others have not. the secretary of state is not even at the hearings because she has an illness and her underlings are their. ere.re th >> are you suggesting she is faking an illness? >> i am not saying she is taking anything. she is absent from a hearing where she should have been the one to take responsibility, or to explain what the phrase means, the buck stops here, if it doesn't stop with her but underlings. >> i do think the secretary of state has to testify on this, not as part of the department's budget or part of the department's policy, simply for the resolution of the questions, even after the report, which was devastating. at the same time, if she is to have any political ambitions beyond presidential prospects -- just in her own self- interest, beyond the national interest, she has to fully explain and pu
systemic mistakes, not giving security that was requested, ignoring, backing of the people in benghazi, libya for extra help. and we end up with the first slain ambassador in 30 years. where does the buck stop? with three people nobody has ever heard of -- one has been named, the others have not. the secretary of state is not even at the hearings because she has an illness and her underlings are their. ere.re th >> are you suggesting she is faking an illness? >> i am not saying she...
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it is not libya or afghanistan, and it think we will regret having no influence on the outcome. >> monolithic opposition, and the fact is there are opponents of that regime that we would not want to be associated with, either. they are also radicals. that is the difficulty there. >> at what point do we say, a "that is enough?" in other words, we have a military service that is at the breaking point, deployment after deployment after deployment. if we want to spread this across and in case the entire society in it -- a point that has been advocated by no less than stanley mcchrystal and mike mullen, the former chief of naval operations and joint chiefs of staff -- they are saying you cannot do this with an all-volunteer service. >> all right. final thoughts on the year 2012. >> after last night, i want a man who had the good sense to marry michelle obama. [applause] >> i am nominating former president bill clinton's democratic national convention speech in 2012 as the political speech of the year. anybody want to challenge me on that? >> i echo that. he galvanized that convention. he brought t
it is not libya or afghanistan, and it think we will regret having no influence on the outcome. >> monolithic opposition, and the fact is there are opponents of that regime that we would not want to be associated with, either. they are also radicals. that is the difficulty there. >> at what point do we say, a "that is enough?" in other words, we have a military service that is at the breaking point, deployment after deployment after deployment. if we want to spread this...
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libya, and fast forward to the arab spring, you know, i think a very important point is libya became a -- sort of, you know, obama -- president obama in 2009 delivered his now famous new beginnings speech which he said he was going to stand with the arab people against tyranny and made a number of strong statements which he was not expected to be call upon so soon, but, you know, at the time, syria was looking, you know, as the sequential arab revolts came into being, there was very few places where the united states had an easy or even a conceivable influence -- edge to come in and do something where the consequences were not dramatic. they were at least, you know, there could be a pos five, you know, of course, egypt, a long-time ally anchor in the middle east, supportive of israel, and tunisia was a little bit, but, by that point, already crossed the threshold and ali was out, and syria, the comparisons with libya are quite, you know, very different. it's a multisectarian society with lots and lots of, you know, connections to other powers into which are iran, lebanon, israel, you
libya, and fast forward to the arab spring, you know, i think a very important point is libya became a -- sort of, you know, obama -- president obama in 2009 delivered his now famous new beginnings speech which he said he was going to stand with the arab people against tyranny and made a number of strong statements which he was not expected to be call upon so soon, but, you know, at the time, syria was looking, you know, as the sequential arab revolts came into being, there was very few places...
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where is libya headed next. you know, i think with regard to what happened in and gusty, it is still -- i think everyone needs to take, regardless of all the chaos that is happening, step back, go up several thousand feet and looked at this process over a much longer not the time. we are still a year into this revolution. no one really expects. the many expected that this was going to be a shorter and more pleasant experience that has been, and there have been confrontations a very rude realities, but at the same time in my trips back to the libya over the last year, i've seen similar remarkable stories of people who have -- patriots who have come back and dropped everything for lucrative jobs in europe and the states to help build infrastructure, the way in which the local elections were held in may was exemplary. you know, there is a counter story to almost everything, but this is still quite -- there are a number of things to be very optimistic about. i think the fact that there were tens of thousands of peop
where is libya headed next. you know, i think with regard to what happened in and gusty, it is still -- i think everyone needs to take, regardless of all the chaos that is happening, step back, go up several thousand feet and looked at this process over a much longer not the time. we are still a year into this revolution. no one really expects. the many expected that this was going to be a shorter and more pleasant experience that has been, and there have been confrontations a very rude...
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chris, it is a great loss for libya. we lost him as a friend and man that understands the history of the people of libya before and after. chris, he built the bridge between libya and the united states. a bridge of love, of hope. we never believed one day we would be able to raise against this dictatorship. i knew chris after he came back. i knew chris more. he would come to the house and we play tennis. after the tennis we come back home and have libyan breakfast. he is a man of principles and he is serious. i agree he never speaks about himself, what achievement he made. he is a guy when you look for him again. this is kind of different element but one time he told me story when he was serving in tripoli and then in benghazi. he walked on the street of benghazi and looked over his back and saw two people following. whereever he goes they follow him. hen he stop and he went up to them and he said hello, how are you. yeah, they speak with him. they invite for coffee. these people of course are service. maybe not to prote
chris, it is a great loss for libya. we lost him as a friend and man that understands the history of the people of libya before and after. chris, he built the bridge between libya and the united states. a bridge of love, of hope. we never believed one day we would be able to raise against this dictatorship. i knew chris after he came back. i knew chris more. he would come to the house and we play tennis. after the tennis we come back home and have libyan breakfast. he is a man of principles and...
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ambassador to libya. i had the honor to serve as the envoy to the libyan revolution and i was thrilled to watch the libyan people stand up and demand their rights. now i'm excited to return to libya to continue the great work we've started, building a solid partnership between the united states and libya to help you the libyan people achieve your goals. right now i'm in washington, preparing for my assignment. as i walk around the monuments and memorials commemorating the courageous men and women that made america what it is, i'm reminded we too went through challenging periods, when america was divided by a bitter civil war 150 years ago. president abraham lincoln had the vision to pull us together toward a shared goal of peace and prosperity. growing up in california i didn't know much about the arab world. then after graduating from the university of california at berkeley, i traveled to north africa as peace corps engineer. i worked as an english teacher in morocco two years and quickly grew to love t
ambassador to libya. i had the honor to serve as the envoy to the libyan revolution and i was thrilled to watch the libyan people stand up and demand their rights. now i'm excited to return to libya to continue the great work we've started, building a solid partnership between the united states and libya to help you the libyan people achieve your goals. right now i'm in washington, preparing for my assignment. as i walk around the monuments and memorials commemorating the courageous men and...
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to his commitment to a new and better libya. benghazi in a real sense, as you have heard today, became his city. as it is with a deep sense of fate that in benghazi he and his colleagues gave that last full measure for his country and his many friends in the city where he died, continuing to defend and prosper their hopes and their aspirations for the future. many have commented since on chris's salient commitment to the people of benghazi. john thorn writing in the christian science monitor noted that when he passed in the street, the young men would call out, hello, chris. they knew his face. would laugh and say hello always. this is the right way to deal with our people, he said. libyan friends said he was always ready to put his country first. he shone by being himself, interested in the lives of ordinary people. his death was met with shock and sadness in libya. feelings with regard to americans that are rare in that part of the world these days. for me that judgment captures key characteristics of chris and his approach to
to his commitment to a new and better libya. benghazi in a real sense, as you have heard today, became his city. as it is with a deep sense of fate that in benghazi he and his colleagues gave that last full measure for his country and his many friends in the city where he died, continuing to defend and prosper their hopes and their aspirations for the future. many have commented since on chris's salient commitment to the people of benghazi. john thorn writing in the christian science monitor...
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especially libya was chris's bandstand. he knew the members gained through collaboration and personal approach. i want to share one last memory. our daughter maggie was born in 1994 with profound life threatening problems and required many surgeries and long hospitalizations during the first few years. "the chronicle" ran a story in 1996. chris's momma -- mom mary cut out that and sent it to cairo. chris took his time to write a thoughtful note expressing his concern and wishing us well, commenting on how cute maggie was. he closed that note as follows. as they say in this part of the world, and you will forgive me for butchering the arabic. may allah make things easier for you. this is my wish for chris's family and friends today, as we mourn his loss. the world will never -- the world never saw a kinder, more resolute and enlightened soul. his integrity, character, empathy, his courage, his tolerance were ever present, unchanging, even with all his success and fame and in the face of every challenge. we feel so sad to hav
especially libya was chris's bandstand. he knew the members gained through collaboration and personal approach. i want to share one last memory. our daughter maggie was born in 1994 with profound life threatening problems and required many surgeries and long hospitalizations during the first few years. "the chronicle" ran a story in 1996. chris's momma -- mom mary cut out that and sent it to cairo. chris took his time to write a thoughtful note expressing his concern and wishing us...
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and it's bigger than libya. we are going to see this in countries across the globe, country by country, the same kind of repeated challenges. we have to stay focused on that. let's not backslide into pettiness. from either side. let's really focus on what needs to be done, and i guess for our witnesses here today, really just two quick questions. because of this very changing nature and this increased demand that we are seeing. is there any additional country specific criteria the state department is considering to determine the use of additional security needs at our posts and secondly, what steps should be taken with host countries honoring commitments to the bean that convention to ensure it's not impediment to our security and a guaranteed of the safety and security of our diplomats? >> let me just ask the first question. as i pointed out in my testimony, 200 years -- going that's something we have to continue to rely on and if we don't we can't be in many of these places because places because at the end of
and it's bigger than libya. we are going to see this in countries across the globe, country by country, the same kind of repeated challenges. we have to stay focused on that. let's not backslide into pettiness. from either side. let's really focus on what needs to be done, and i guess for our witnesses here today, really just two quick questions. because of this very changing nature and this increased demand that we are seeing. is there any additional country specific criteria the state...
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interests in libya. chris was providing the kind of energetic leadership that we need from our embassy teams. he went beyond the walls to meet and converse with soldiers, shopkeepers, and villagers, as well as generals, bureaucrats, and ministers. chris and his team recognized that effective diplomacy in this era carries substantial risks. nevertheless, it is up to the president, state department, and the congress to ensure that our diplomats have enough support in security to do their job as safely as possible. that means giving our men and women in uniform the weapons they need to carry out our missions. that includes a safe place to work. embassies are both outposts of the u.s. government and symbols of our country. when i became chairman of this committee, one of the first things i did was initiate an inquiry into embassy security. my staff interviewed dozens of security and diplomatic personnel at embassies around the world. i also commissioned a report that was completed in 2006, and that report no
interests in libya. chris was providing the kind of energetic leadership that we need from our embassy teams. he went beyond the walls to meet and converse with soldiers, shopkeepers, and villagers, as well as generals, bureaucrats, and ministers. chris and his team recognized that effective diplomacy in this era carries substantial risks. nevertheless, it is up to the president, state department, and the congress to ensure that our diplomats have enough support in security to do their job as...
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diplomatic facilities in libya. as you well know, these attacks resulted and the tragic deaths of four brave americans. ambassador chris stevens, clint already, and tire around the woods. -- tyron woods. we were not asked to conduct an investigation into the attacks to find out who the perpetrators were or their motives. that is the statutory role of the fed ruled bureau of investigation and the intelligence community. we enjoyed excellent cooperation with both of them throughout the report. under relevant statute, secretary clinton asked us to examine whether the attacks were security related and other security systems and procedures were adequate and implemented properly. the impact of the availability of information and intelligence, and whether anything else about the attacks might be relevant to appropriate security management of u.s. diplomatic missions around the world. we were also asked to look at what the u.s. government employee or contractor breached his or her duty. basically we wanted to find the lesso
diplomatic facilities in libya. as you well know, these attacks resulted and the tragic deaths of four brave americans. ambassador chris stevens, clint already, and tire around the woods. -- tyron woods. we were not asked to conduct an investigation into the attacks to find out who the perpetrators were or their motives. that is the statutory role of the fed ruled bureau of investigation and the intelligence community. we enjoyed excellent cooperation with both of them throughout the report....
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having been conducted the libya operation with no consultation with the congress at all there are some congressmen who are so concerned about this that they're mentioning words like impeachment and so forth because you are not supposed to take the american country you know we're not supposed to take us to war without the permission of the congress the constitution pretty much says that and yet we're on this track where executives start wars at their own will and this is the kind of thing that i think is very dangerous for this republic iran would give that a different patina though because you have a congress that is itching to go to war with iran so i think you're looking at a combination here not just syria i think ultimately the target is iran just briefly what is the outs of them for syria isn't some sort of intervention justified on humanitarian grounds indeed the same justification was given for the intervention in libya many would say that nato intervention brought the conflict to
having been conducted the libya operation with no consultation with the congress at all there are some congressmen who are so concerned about this that they're mentioning words like impeachment and so forth because you are not supposed to take the american country you know we're not supposed to take us to war without the permission of the congress the constitution pretty much says that and yet we're on this track where executives start wars at their own will and this is the kind of thing that i...
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policy in eastern libya. the cia was in eastern libya because they were concerned that al-qaeda was using that part of the country to recruit people into the terrorist organization, now, what was the u.s. state department and obama administration's policy towards libya? between the lines of this report suggested it was reflected in a kind of lig light footprint. they thought libya was going all right. i think there was a break between-- >> a light footprint was explicit policy, maybe not explicit, but after gaddafi fell we washed our hands of libya more or less. had a few state department and cia this. morals said the qataris and united arab emirates, they would take care of arming things and we let them arm the islamists, that's who they support and now the islamists are gaining in strength against an elected government. >> but this is reflective of a broader pattern of a spore raddic attentiveness that this administration shows, it's broadly reactive, not proactive and you know, basically said, hey, libya,
policy in eastern libya. the cia was in eastern libya because they were concerned that al-qaeda was using that part of the country to recruit people into the terrorist organization, now, what was the u.s. state department and obama administration's policy towards libya? between the lines of this report suggested it was reflected in a kind of lig light footprint. they thought libya was going all right. i think there was a break between-- >> a light footprint was explicit policy, maybe not...
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a year later so he was right at the time the intervention of nato at least protecting civilians in libya and i've cleverly wryly in the run even after the bombing started in that conflict well obviously because the rebel side of the way back all of this is a. metal cows more people this will let me finish my sentence. ok thank you very much it's obvious that the conflict on and in terms of the gathered intensity after the bombing started simply because the rebels followed all the way back from benghazi to tripoli with which is one thousand kilometers so it's a long distance they had to cover i traveled there many times now the population has had the first democratic election there since nine hundred sixty nine the country is slowly along a difficult path it's coming together and i think if you compare the situation in libya today with oil exports starting again with a democratic election in place with a constitutional process in place and you look to syria where no intervention can take place because the united secure nation security council cannot agree because of the russian veto then
a year later so he was right at the time the intervention of nato at least protecting civilians in libya and i've cleverly wryly in the run even after the bombing started in that conflict well obviously because the rebel side of the way back all of this is a. metal cows more people this will let me finish my sentence. ok thank you very much it's obvious that the conflict on and in terms of the gathered intensity after the bombing started simply because the rebels followed all the way back from...
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that's where principle actors of the future of libya come from. we were there to learn and help libyans deliver on the promise of their revolution, and many of our most important contacts in the future leaders of libya reside in the vol tire -- volatile east. we had to be on the ground outside the wire reaching out to the people. that's the enterprise of u.s. foreign policy today to help men, women, and children around the world share in the vision of democracy and values of freedom and through it to bring stability to whole regions of the world and reduce the threats to our nation. i believe we all ought to be proud of what we achieved in libya by taking military action when we did, we liberated a country under the yolk of a dictator for more than 40 years, give k the libyan people a fighting chance for their future, and i'm convinced we prevented the slaughter of thousands of innocent lives. the tragic events of the last 9/11/2012 illustrate the challenge ahead, but the thousands of everyday libyans who marched against the militias with signs de
that's where principle actors of the future of libya come from. we were there to learn and help libyans deliver on the promise of their revolution, and many of our most important contacts in the future leaders of libya reside in the vol tire -- volatile east. we had to be on the ground outside the wire reaching out to the people. that's the enterprise of u.s. foreign policy today to help men, women, and children around the world share in the vision of democracy and values of freedom and through...
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goal to why don't you go to war in iraq syria and libya. like i did why don't you see what the west between iraq i did it before during and after and then we can have a discussion based on facts on the ground i think i've been very i think i've been very clear about the fact that i think that the iraq campaign was profoundly mistaken both in terms of its justification and in terms of its execution the countries on the board of separation in the north but the point of the fact of the matter is there are situations desirable or not in which the military as a tool is necessary in foreign policy i believe that i mean that you know anybody in moscow who has looked at the geopolitical developments over the last one hundred fifty two hundred years would agree with that the military at times is a necessary tool and if you look for example to a situation like the one in northern mali today where you have exams and really sorry i have to jump in here we've run out of time gentlemen many thanks indeed to my guest in brussels that somehow though and th
goal to why don't you go to war in iraq syria and libya. like i did why don't you see what the west between iraq i did it before during and after and then we can have a discussion based on facts on the ground i think i've been very i think i've been very clear about the fact that i think that the iraq campaign was profoundly mistaken both in terms of its justification and in terms of its execution the countries on the board of separation in the north but the point of the fact of the matter is...
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asia that makes me nervous not the west ok tapi what do you think the people in afghanistan think in libya in syria and i go ahead tonight yeah let me talk a little bit about this. china sea is my backyard because one of my bases is hong kong in fact what's happening the south china sea is going to be solved in a mechanism between the association of the southeast asian countries stan countries and china the problem is the un they will last to have a collective bargaining discussion and that china wants a bilateral discussion i'm sure over the next few i wouldn't say months but perhaps over the next two years or so they will find a mechanism to discuss all the disputes it's basically about oil and gas it's always about energy so who's going to exploit water. so they're going to still has problems in the south china sea. no it's not i hope i'm right it's it's it's so odd to we we are getting from the political leadership from these southeast asian nations and also from the chinese as china doesn't want a confrontation with the south east southeast asia especially because most of these countr
asia that makes me nervous not the west ok tapi what do you think the people in afghanistan think in libya in syria and i go ahead tonight yeah let me talk a little bit about this. china sea is my backyard because one of my bases is hong kong in fact what's happening the south china sea is going to be solved in a mechanism between the association of the southeast asian countries stan countries and china the problem is the un they will last to have a collective bargaining discussion and that...
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other dodgy brown people who happen to be islam ist gangs like this in the midst of gangs who rule libya nowadays and will probably try to rule syria afterwards this is completely absurd i would see in terms of if i was stuck in on a fox news accident today i will tell you right away the greatest force of evil in the world is not al qaeda it's nato itself alexander apply reply i have to i have to give it to. present a very weak arguments in a very strong way but they remain weak arguments first of all i mean look at what is going on in syria today this is a. goal to why don't you go to war in iraq syria and libya like i did why don't you see what the west between iraq i did it before during and after and then we can have a discussion based on facts on the ground i think i've been very i think i've been very clear about the fact that i think that the iraq campaign was profoundly mistaken both in terms of its justification and in terms of its execution the countries on the board of separation in the north but the point of the fact of the matter is there are situations desirable or not in w
other dodgy brown people who happen to be islam ist gangs like this in the midst of gangs who rule libya nowadays and will probably try to rule syria afterwards this is completely absurd i would see in terms of if i was stuck in on a fox news accident today i will tell you right away the greatest force of evil in the world is not al qaeda it's nato itself alexander apply reply i have to i have to give it to. present a very weak arguments in a very strong way but they remain weak arguments first...